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Details of app-emacs/vm:

Description: The VM mail reader for Emacs
Homepage: http://www.nongnu.org/viewmail/

available versions:

releases	alpha	amd64	arm	hppa	ia64	mips	ppc	ppc64	ppc macos	s390	sh	sparc	x86	USE-Flags	dependencies	ebuild warnings
vm-8.2.0_beta-r1	~	+	-	-	-	-	+	~	-	-	-	-	+	bbdb ssl	show	show

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some ebuild warning depend on specific use-flags or architectures, all ebuild-warnings are shown.

Known bugs:

bug ID	component	assigned to	status	description	last change
367799	Applications	vadimk	UNCONFIRMED	app-emulation/vmware-player doesn't install thnuclnt (thinprint), so virtual printers do not work (b	2011-05-18 00:14:08
368205	Java	java	UNCONFIRMED	java-vm-2.eclass:pkg_prerm could mention eselect java-vm instead.	2012-12-30 15:53:24
368955	Applications	vadimk	UNCONFIRMED	app-emulation/open-vm-tools default scripts break network connectivity on pause/resume	2011-12-03 05:48:53
373333	Ebuilds	vmware	UNCONFIRMED	app-emulation/vmware-ovftool-2.0.1.260188: version bump	2011-07-03 16:45:55
373795	Applications	robbat2	UNCONFIRMED	app-text/convmv-1.10 fails tests	2012-11-07 11:19:40
380907	Applications	dev-zero	UNCONFIRMED	x11-drivers/xf86-input-vmmouse-12.7.0: /usr/bin/vmmouse_detect segfaults during boot	2012-07-11 14:54:13
381201	Applications	vmware	UNCONFIRMED	app-emulation/vmware-player and app-emulation/vmware-workstation: verify if we can drop libsexy depe	2011-08-31 12:14:50
384941	Devmanual	devmanual	UNCONFIRMED	devmanual does not mention that there are recursive versions of the do* install functions	2013-01-19 10:18:09
386125	Applications	dev-zero	UNCONFIRMED	x11-drivers/xf86-video-vmware does not install with reason bad programming practice	2013-01-31 11:11:18
386647	Hardened	hardened	UNCONFIRMED	dev-java/jamvm-1.5.4-r1 segfaults with hardened gcc-4.5.3-r1 (any profile), unless -Xnoinlining is s	2012-07-11 11:36:26
387803	Core system	vadimk	UNCONFIRMED	Processes start hanging in "D" state on Gentoo guest under vmware host	2011-10-26 00:12:42
388325	Ebuilds	voyageur	UNCONFIRMED	sys-devel/llvm-2.9-r2 shared lib linking error	2012-05-12 10:54:41
388983	Ebuilds	vmware	UNCONFIRMED	app-emulation/vmware-modules-238.5 with sys-kernel/hardened-sources-3.0.4-r4 - work/vmci-only/linux/	2013-01-18 22:06:24
392379	Applications	vmware	UNCONFIRMED	app-emulation/vmware-modules-238.5: vmmon-only/linux/hostif.c:2749:4: error: implicit declaration of	2012-03-26 11:36:37
393383	Ebuilds	voyageur	UNCONFIRMED	sys-devel/llvm-3.0 fails to compile with sys-devel/dragonegg-3.0	2012-09-28 13:05:52
395359	Devmanual	devmanual	UNCONFIRMED	Devmanual should document the metadata/layout.conf file format in detail	2012-11-03 16:37:17
396431	Applications	vadimk	UNCONFIRMED	app-emulation/vmware-workstation-8.0.1.528992-r2 - segfault in libnvidia-glcore.so	2011-12-29 18:43:30
397671	Ebuilds	proaudio	UNCONFIRMED	media-sound/vmpk add USE=doc	2012-01-05 02:47:42
403013	Applications	x11	UNCONFIRMED	media-libs/mesa-7.11.2 fails to build with sys-devel/llvm-9999	2012-02-11 03:45:34
408607	Applications	polynomial-c	UNCONFIRMED	app-emulation/virtualbox - make --disable-vmmraw optional	2012-03-18 05:32:07
409869	Ebuilds	maintainer-wanted	UNCONFIRMED	app-emulation/virtualbricks-0.6.352 - A GTK frontend for VDE and QEMU/KVM	2012-12-08 17:33:25
411901	Ebuilds	vadimk	UNCONFIRMED	app-emulation/vmware-workstation-8* - Add system.d service	2012-09-09 03:55:17
412551	Applications	hardened-kernel	UNCONFIRMED	sys-kernel/hardened-sources-3.2.12 + qemu-kvm: rcu_shed detected stall on CPU	2012-08-06 00:30:12
413793	Applications	vadimk	UNCONFIRMED	app-emulation/vmware-workstation-8.0.2.591240 should tell users to be in vmware group	2012-05-01 22:10:58
413979	Core system	robbat2	UNCONFIRMED	lvm2create_initrd in sys-fs/lvm2-2.02.95-r1 fails to setup $LVM variable properly in initrd	2013-01-17 23:44:45
416827	Ebuilds	voyageur	UNCONFIRMED	dev-libs/glib - CFLAGS="-fplugin=/usr/lib64/llvm/dragonegg.so" - gbitlock.c:210:3: sorry, unimplemen	2012-09-28 13:05:51
419573	Java	java	UNCONFIRMED	dev-util/visualvm needs dev-java/icedtea, but dev-java/icedtea-bin works	2012-10-12 09:41:16
421077	Java	java	UNCONFIRMED	dev-java/icedtea-7.2.2 compilation fails with Unrecognised option: -XX:-PrintVMOptions	2012-10-18 16:15:26
422121	Core system	voyageur	UNCONFIRMED	sys-devel/llvm should properly install binutils plugins for LTO to work	2012-07-16 08:22:40
424637	Core system	systemd	UNCONFIRMED	sys-apps/systemd won't work with lvm due to udev and genkernel problems	2012-07-07 09:32:46
425158	Ebuilds	java	UNCONFIRMED	dev-java/swt-3.7.2: Cannot load 64-bit SWT libraries on 32-bit JVM	2012-07-11 18:31:30
428174	Library	x11	UNCONFIRMED	media-libs/mesa-8.1_rc1_pre20120724 USE=r600-llvm-compiler - R600RegisterInfo.td:4762:27997: error:	2012-12-08 03:34:08
432824	Other documents	docs-team	UNCONFIRMED	LVM2 Documentation should explain "lvcreate --target RAID1" vs "--mirrors"	2012-08-26 11:19:31
432884	Ebuilds	polynomial-c	UNCONFIRMED	app-emulation/virtualbox-modules: undeclared 'VM_RESERVED'	2013-01-24 15:45:20
434452	Ebuilds	toolchain	UNCONFIRMED	[4.5/ICE] www-client/firefox-15.0.1 - .../work/mozilla-release/js/src/vm/ObjectImpl.cpp:485:1: inter	2012-12-07 08:28:56
434908	Core system	toolchain	UNCONFIRMED	sys-devel/gcc-4.6.3: ICE in .../work/qemu-kvm-1.1.1/target-i386/op_helper.c:3650:1: internal compile	2013-01-04 21:00:13
435534	Applications	qemu	UNCONFIRMED	app-emulation/qemu-kvm-1.1.1-r1 - manual pages are not installed	2012-11-30 12:14:46
437714	Core system	robbat2	UNCONFIRMED	sys-fs/lvm2-2.02.97 init stop fails to deactivated lvs and vgs on shutdown	2013-02-04 12:49:21
437718	Core system	robbat2	UNCONFIRMED	sys-fs/lvm2-2.02.97 /etc/init.d/lvm-monitoring slows down boot and shutdown on systems with multiple	2012-12-23 09:48:04
438262	Core system	robbat2	UNCONFIRMED	sys-fs/lvm2-2.02.97 /etc/init.d/device-mapper does not support multi-line volumes in /etc/dmtab	2013-01-28 12:11:27
439280	Library	vadimk	UNCONFIRMED	app-emulation/vmware-modules-264.4 - missing return carriage in printk in VNetUserIfSetUplinkState()	2012-10-23 10:12:15
440558	Applications	robbat2	UNCONFIRMED	sys-fs/lvm2-2.02.88: some elog messages should only be shown when upgrading from an old enough packa	2012-10-31 16:24:58
442078	genkernel	genkernel	UNCONFIRMED	sys-kernel/genkernel-3.4.45 - wrong lvm.static usage	2013-01-04 17:15:11
442876	Applications	polynomial-c	UNCONFIRMED	app-emulation/virtualbox-4.2.4: after upgrade some VMs do not start anymore	2013-01-02 19:55:58
442958	Development	voyageur	UNCONFIRMED	sys-devel/llvm fails to cross compile	2012-11-13 16:20:28
443296	Hardened	hardened	UNCONFIRMED	crashes lvm&mkfs.xfs on mdraid10 with sys-kernel/hardened-sources > 3.2	2012-11-15 18:45:28
443714	Ebuilds	maintainer-wanted	UNCONFIRMED	dev-java/jllvm-3.1.2 - bindings for LLVM, providing an object-oriented interface as similar as possi	2012-11-19 09:24:34
444248	Ebuilds	x11	UNCONFIRMED	x11-drivers/xf86-video-openchrome-0.3.1: x11-libs/libXvMC and other build-time deps should be run-ti	2012-11-22 01:57:38
444306	Library	dev-zero	UNCONFIRMED	x11-drivers/xf86-input-vmmouse-12.9.0 with x11-base/xorg-server-1.13.0-r1 - Warning: attempting to l	2013-01-01 21:31:12
446614	Applications	vadimk	UNCONFIRMED	app-emulation/vmware-workstation-9.0.1.894247 - vmui\| I120: SymBacktrace[0] 00007fff80c53fc0 rip=000	2013-02-13 10:37:51
447408	Development	voyageur	UNCONFIRMED	sys-devel/llvm-3.1r2 - X86ELFWriterInfo.cpp:85:1: interner Compiler-Fehler: Speicherzugriffsfehler	2012-12-22 12:30:47
448156	Core system	genkernel	UNCONFIRMED	Genkernel creates broken initramfs image - wrong lvm links blocks booting to a LVM rootfs	2013-02-17 02:24:54
448208	Ebuilds	voyageur	UNCONFIRMED	sys-devel/{llvm,clang} support for C++11 (both), doxygen docs and python (clang) USE flags	2013-02-02 22:02:57
448238	Core system	robbat2	UNCONFIRMED	[PATCH]	2012-12-24 12:42:06
448354	Core system	robbat2	UNCONFIRMED	sys-fs/lvm2-2.02.97-r1 fails to crosscompile: configure: error: thin_check not found in path	2013-01-19 16:12:30
448790	Core system	robbat2	UNCONFIRMED	sys-fs/lvm2 - Please don't depend on udev when USE="+static -udev". (was: static flag requires +udev	2013-02-10 16:07:22
450004	GNOME	gnome	UNCONFIRMED	gnome-extra/libgda-5.1.1-r1: Couldn't find suitable VM	2013-02-11 14:07:26
450772	Development	voyageur	UNCONFIRMED	sys-devel/llvm-9999 - subversion: can't fetch to /var/portage/distfiles/svn-src/llvm/trunk from http	2013-01-09 19:43:43
450886	Development	sci	UNCONFIRMED	dev-python/numpy-1.6.2 with dev-lang/icc - blas_*_info: libraries mkl,vml,guide not found in [libd	2013-01-08 14:09:21
451452	Core system	robbat2	UNCONFIRMED	sys-fs/lvm2-2.02.97-r1 - Errors on LV create/delete operations in systemd-196 environment.	2013-02-07 01:16:09
451472	Devmanual	devmanual	UNCONFIRMED	devmanual should have a better explanation of keepdir & dodir usage	2013-01-15 21:04:19
451478	Core system	robbat2	UNCONFIRMED	sys-fs/lvm2 - /etc/init.d/lvm should support multiple volume groups - Command failed with status cod	2013-01-31 02:20:00
451584	Applications	cardoe	UNCONFIRMED	app-emulation/libvirt-1.0.1 - does not start LXC VM	2013-02-05 17:25:51
451824	Applications	alexxy	UNCONFIRMED	sci-chemistry/vmd-1.9.1-r2 with tcl/tk-8.6 break g(r) analysis module	2013-01-17 20:52:47
453420	KDE	kde	UNCONFIRMED	media-libs/opengtl with sys-devel/llvm-3.2 fix	2013-02-18 15:40:33
453788	Core system	voyageur	UNCONFIRMED	sys-devel/llvm & sys-devel/clang: dependency trouble for build subprojects of llvm	2013-02-02 21:37:08
454746	Core system	robbat2	UNCONFIRMED	sys-fs/lvm2-2.02.97-r1, sys-fs/udev-197-r4: /dev/mapper entries absent for dm-crypt partitions mount	2013-02-04 01:37:50
456198	Core system	kernel	UNCONFIRMED	sys-kernel/gentoo-sources-3.7.4 - /proc/vmcore missing?	2013-02-09 19:16:36
456922	Unspecified	hardened	UNCONFIRMED	Unable to start any java-vm on hardened gentoo icedtea-bin-6.1.11.5: Could not reserve enough space	2013-02-13 15:13:44
457588	Applications	xbox	UNCONFIRMED	media-tv/xbmc-11.0 with a PaX kernel - xbmc.bin: LLVM ERROR: Allocation failed when allocating new m	2013-02-15 15:39:36
457994	LiveCD/DVD	ten	UNCONFIRMED	livedvd-amd64-multilib-20121221.iso: kernel panic when booting in kvm with "-cpu host"	2013-02-18 02:55:55
458006	Applications	dev-zero	UNCONFIRMED	x11-drivers/xf86-video-vmware with media-libs/mesa-9.1_rc1 - module fails to load	2013-02-20 00:43:23
458262	baselayout	robbat2	UNCONFIRMED	sys-fs/lvm2 Failed to find sysfs mount point when starting	2013-02-20 16:20:15

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